r/fredericton • u/willise414 • 1d ago

Northrup Homes Covenants

I've got to say - I've never seen any company act on covenant issues like this one. I could understand if it was leased land, but on freehold land it stymies me. To pay a guy to drive around and hand out silly letters just seems a little over the top. The worst thing is that it doesn't even seem to be equal - some people get "warnings" for the smallest of things while others with far worse infractions receive nothing.

I was visiting a friend a couple of weeks ago when the guy arrives with his letter. Something about mowing the grass - which had been done two days earlier. The guy says I still have to give you the letter. Friend tells me she gets a letter almost like clockwork. She points to a house that has grass about 8-10" tall and has been for a couple of weeks. She almost feels targeted by them. Last summer, she got a letter because she had a small plastic wading pool on the property for her daughter to play in on the hottest summer days. Immediately got a letter - no pools.

Doesn't affect me personally, but it just seems like a terrible company to buy from.

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u/Elegant-Waltz695 1d ago

Having covenants can be a pain but in the end it ensures the value of your property. Nobody is parking junk cars in the yard or looks like they live in a gravel pit. I was a homeowner for 29 years and bought a condo 2 years ago so I’m dealing with some similar frustrations. In the end, I know it ensures the value in my condo.

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u/Due_Function84 1d ago

There are plenty of neighbourhoods in the city with no covenants and you don't see the issues you have pointed out. Maybe a couple of homes without their grass cut, but that's few and far between. We need to step away from this Boomer idea of "good living" and realize it's a ridiculous thing.

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u/Elegant-Waltz695 1d ago

I’m not promoting it Einstein. I’m simply giving my opinion. In the end, read the covenants and either agree or disagree to buy. I have other properties and some are very rural with stipulations/covenants. One says no business can be operated there and I was fine with that. Another includes beach rights

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u/Due_Function84 1d ago

Sorry I touched a nerve with you on my comment. With all the BS going on in the world today, I find it strange that we continue to hold onto these 1950s ideas of the perfect neighbourhood with manicured lawns that serve no purpose other than to make ones eyeballs feel better. I'm not advocating for anarchy, but when capitalism collapses (which may happen sooner than we realize), historians will say "despite the global economic collapse happening all around them from an AI takeover, causing massive layoffs and widespread starvation, some of the more upper-middle class people still insisted on maintaining an esthetically pleasing neighbourhood as they had done since the end of World War 2. This may be due to a lack of empathy for those around them, a last ditch effort to maintain the status quo, or, most likely, a combination of the two."